A selection of Baroness Hayman's votes

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• Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
• Has never voted on more EU integration
• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons
• Has never voted on university tuition fees

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Recent appearances

• EU Withdrawal - Motion to Take Note 13 Feb 2019

  Could the noble Lord tell us the difference between the “necessary” legislation and the legislation he has just described as “required”?

• Lord Speaker: Powers - Question 31 Jan 2019

  My Lords, is it not correct that, when the role of Lord Speaker was originally set up, a review after the term of office of the first Lord Speaker was envisaged? That review never took place. Is it not timely to look at the role of the Lord Speaker, in its entirety but including Question Time? While I hesitate to disagree with my successor, the noble Baroness the Leader of the House has just...

• Health: Vaccines - Question 29 Jan 2019

  My Lords, does the Minister agree that pernicious and damaging misinformation about vaccinations not only threatens children’s lives in Europe and America, where there are good health services, but is even more damaging to children in the developing world, where there are not those services to deal with the consequences of low levels of vaccination and where childhood immunisation has been...

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Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1996

Previously MP for Welwyn and Hatfield until 7 April 1979 — General election

Entered the House of Commons on 10 October 1974 — General election

Party was Labour until 3 Jul 2006; Non-affiliated until 31 Aug 2011

Also represented Welwyn and Hatfield

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Procedure Committee (Lords) (27 Nov 2006 to 5 Sep 2011)
• Member, House Committee (Lords) (23 Nov 2006 to 5 Sep 2011)
• Lord Speaker (4 Jul 2006 to 9 May 2011)
• Member, Constitution Committee (1 Dec 2004 to 8 Nov 2006)
• Member, Committee on the Assisted Dying for the terminally ill Bill (30 Nov 2004 to 7 Apr 2005)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Lords) (3 Dec 2003 to 8 Nov 2006)
• Minister of State (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) (29 Jul 1999 to 9 Jun 2001)
• Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (28 Jul 1999 to 8 Jun 2001)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health (28 Jul 1998 to 28 Jul 1999)
• Minister (Department of Health) (28 Jul 1998 to 29 Jul 1999)
• Minister of State (Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions) (6 May 1997 to 28 Jul 1998)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Roads), Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (5 May 1997 to 28 Jul 1998)

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• Has spoken in 108 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords. See all Baroness Hayman’s speeches
• Has received answers to 8 written questions in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 50.39% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 324 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)